Saeed Hotari

Saeed Hotari (1979-1 June 2001) was a Hamas militant who carried out the Dolphinarium discotheque massacre in Tel Aviv, Israel during the Second Intifada. Hotari entered the Dolphinarium nightclub dressed as an Asian Orthodox Jew, and he taunted his victims by saying, "Something's going to happen", banging a drum filled with explosives and bolts. He blew himself up and killed 25 people in an attack condemned by the United Nations; even Kuwait and the PLO condemned the attack.

Biography
Saeed Hotari was born in 1979 in Palestine to a Sunni Muslim Arab family, and he had links to the Hamas terrorist group. During the Second Intifada, he decided to become an istishadi (martyr) and launch a suicide attack on Israeli civilians at the Dolphinarium nightclub in Tel Aviv. On 1 June 2001, he attended a wedding for one of his family members before he traveled to the major Israeli city of Tel Aviv to carry out his attack against the Israeli civilians. He dressed up as an Asian Orthodox Jew in order to infiltrate the club, and he banged on a drum containing explosives and balls while telling his victims that something was going to happen. At 11:27 PM, he detonated his explosives, killing 21 Israeli teenagers and four adults, with most of the victims being Russian Jewish teenage girls. The massacre was condemned by Yasser Arafat and Kuwait in addition to Israel, the United States, and United Nations, with Arafat condemning the attack and calling for a ceasefire, while Kuwait stated that it did not support Palestinian suicide bombings.